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The word canon means, “a measuring rod, or rule; a standard by which something may be evaluated.” In general the process of collecting the books of the Old Testament involved a four step process. God inspired the writers Throughout that time, Israel recognized the divine origin of writing inspired by God. Those scrolls so recognized were left in the care of the priest for safekeeping. Ultimately, the present 39 books of the Old Testament were accepted as Scripture. The Old…

Manuscripts from which our Bibles are Based In general terms a manuscript is a handwritten document (script something written, manus is Latin for hand). A little history quiz: when was the printing press invented? It was invented sometime between 1440 and 1450. It was out of necessary that the Scriptures were hand copied. These hand copied manuscripts were often copied into the language of the copyist. When applied to the Bible, only what was copied from the biblical…